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Patent
Couleur J1, Lange R1, Pine D1
05 Nov 1973
TL;DR: In this article, the cache store is cleared by resetting tag directory indicators, a round robin counter and a column full flag, for each column in a four level set associative tag directory to the cache.
Abstract: In a multiprocessor data processing system, all processors must have access to certain communications tables stored in the main memory shared by the processors. Each processor has a cache store embedded within for its individual use. A cache store in one processor might contain data from the communication tables which is obsoleted by operations of a second processor. The cache store clearing apparatus invalidates its data information any time its processor accesses the communication tables. The cache store is cleared by resetting tag directory indicators, a round robin counter and a column full flag, for each column in a four level set associative tag directory to the cache store. The data in the cache store need not be cleared. Using the four level set associative tag directory permits the data information in the cache store to be invalidated by a 16 pulse burst of signals for 1K words of cache store directed to the tag directory indicators.

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